2016 Belgium Tour

The 2016 Lotto Belgium Tour is the fourth edition of the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, previous called Lotto-Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.

2016 Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour

Overall winner Annemiek van Vleuten
Race details
Dates	6–9 September 2016
Stages	4
Distance	331 km (205.7 mi)
Results
Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Orica–AIS)   Second  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabo–Liv)   Third  Lucinda Brand (NED) (Rabo–Liv) Points  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabo–Liv) Mountains  Alexandra Nessmar (SWE) (Lares–Waowdeals) Youth  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal Ladies) Sprints  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabo–Liv)   Team Rabo–Liv
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Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[1][2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
P	6 September	Nieuwpoort	4.37 km (2.72 mi)		Individual time trial	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
1	7 September	Moorslede to Moorslede	121.4 km (75.4 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Lucinda Brand (NED)
2	8 September	Lierde to Lierde	107.9 km (67.0 mi)		Flat stage	Marianne Vos (NED)
3	9 September	Geraardsbergen to Geraardsbergen	97.2 km (60.4 mi)		Flat stage	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)

Stages

Vos won stage 2 sprint of Bronzini.

Prologue

6 September – Nieuwpoort to Nieuwpoort, 4.4 km (2.7 mi)

Prologue result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands 5' 25" 2  Thalita de Jong (NED) Rabo–Liv + 7" 3  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM s.t. 4  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 5  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 9" 6  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 10" 7  Mieke Kröger (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 11" 8  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 12" 9  Moniek Tenniglo (NED) Rabo–Liv + 13" 10  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Alé–Cipollini + 14"

General classification after Prologue[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands 5' 24" 2  Thalita de Jong (NED) Rabo–Liv + 7" 3  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 8" 4  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 5  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 9" 6  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 10" 7  Mieke Kröger (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 12" 8  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 s.t. 9  Moniek Tenniglo (NED) Rabo–Liv + 13" 10  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Alé–Cipollini + 14"

Stage 1

Brand wearing gold leaders jersey.

7 September – Moorslede to Moorslede, 121.5 km (75.5 mi)

Stage 1 result[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv 3h 14' 10" 2  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon–SRAM s.t. 3  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 4  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini s.t. 5  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 s.t. 6  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon–SRAM s.t. 7  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 8  Sara Mustonen (SWE) Team Liv–Plantur s.t. 9  Monique van de Ree (NED) Lares–Waowdeals s.t. 10  Simona Frapporti (ITA) Team Hitec Products s.t.

General classification after Stage 1[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv 3h 19' 32" 2  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands + 2" 3  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 7" 4  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 9" 5  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 10" 6  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 14" 7  Thalita de Jong (NED) Rabo–Liv + 15" 8  Élise Delzenne (FRA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 17" 9  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon–SRAM + 18" 10  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 22"

Stage 2

Vos wearing the pink points jersey.

8 September – Lierde to Lierde, 107.9 km (67.0 mi)

Stage 2 result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv 2h 56' 50" 2  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle High5 s.t. 3  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 4  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM s.t. 5  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Alé–Cipollini s.t. 6  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7  Élise Delzenne (FRA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 8  Simona Frapporti (ITA) Team Hitec Products s.t. 9  Valerie Demey (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx–Guill D'or s.t. 10  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands s.t.

General classification after Stage 2[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv 6h 16' 14" 2  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 4" 3  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands + 10" 4  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 5  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 18" 6  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 22" 7  Thalita de Jong (NED) Rabo–Liv + 23" 8  Élise Delzenne (FRA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 25" 9  Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) Canyon–SRAM + 26" 10  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 30"

Stage 3

Ryan wearing the red sprints jersey.

9 September – Geraardsbergen to Geraardsbergen, 97.3 km (60.5 mi)

Stage 3 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands 2h 40' 30" 2  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 1' 04" 3  Kaat Hannes (BEL) Lensworld–Zannata s.t. 4  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 5  Élise Delzenne (FRA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 6  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv s.t. 7  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 s.t. 8  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 9  Valerie Demey (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx–Guill D'or s.t. 10  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Alé–Cipollini s.t.

General classification after Stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Netherlands 8h 56' 41" 2  Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1' 04" 3  Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1' 10" 4  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 1' 16" 5  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM + 1' 23" 6  Élise Delzenne (FRA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 1' 32" 7  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 1' 37" 8  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 1' 41" 9  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 1' 43" 10  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Alé–Cipollini s.t.

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Belgian Riders	Sprints classification	Team classification
P	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten	not award	Thalita de Jong	Lotte Kopecky	not award	Rabo–Liv
1	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand	Lucinda Brand	not award	Lotte Kopecky		Alexis Ryan
2	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Anisha Vekemans			Lotte Kopecky
3	Annemiek van Vleuten	Annemiek van Vleuten		Alexandra Nessmar			Marianne Vos
Final Classification		Annemiek van Vleuten	Marianne Vos	Alexandra Nessmar	Lotte Kopecky	Lotte Kopecky	Marianne Vos	Rabo–Liv

See also

• Sports portal

• 2016 in women's road cycling